Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.

Well, now there's a remedy for everything except death.